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Mapkey Storage Preferences

Mapkey Storage Preferences

Mapkey Storage Preferences

(OP)
Does anyone know where mapkeys are stored in Pro/E?

I launch Pro/E from Pro/Intralink off our network. We have a standard config file that loads so we all have the same set up. I wrote some mapkeys and they worked fine until I closed Pro/E. When I wrote the keys I saved my config file on my C: drive, but when the keys don't work when I load that config file.

That leads me to believe that the mapkeys are not stored in the config file. How can I get these mapkeys to load each time so I don't have to re-map them each time?

RE: Mapkey Storage Preferences

I store mapkeys in the config.pro file.  However, there are typically three config.pro files.

1.  <loadpoint>\text\config.sup
2.  <loadpoint>\text\config.pro
3.  <user working directory>\config.pro

Don't put any mapkey statements in the config.sup file.  If you do, no one will be able to create their own personal mapkeys.  Pro/E looks at this config file first upon startup.

Put corporate standard mapkeys in the config.pro, item 2.  Pro/E looks at this file second upon startup.  Finally the user should put their personal mapkeys in the config.pro as in item 3.  Pro/E looks here last.  

Mapkey definitions listed in item 2 can be overwritten by those same keys in item 3 if necessary.  However, if ANY mapkeys are defined in item 1 then none can be defined later.
 

--
Fighter Pilot
Manufacturing Engineer

RE: Mapkey Storage Preferences

Pro/E looks three places for config.pro files and loads
any it finds.  See...
Help
.Fundamentals
..Pro/Engineer Menus
...The Tools Menu
....Using Configuration Files
.....How Pro/Engineer Reads Configuration Files at Startup

You can put your mapkeys in any of them.  Particulars
will depend on how you launch Pro/E and desired effect.

You can also store them in one or more discrete files,
i.e. my_mapkeys.pro, and manually load (Tools -> Options).

(
 My preferences:
 When creating a new mapkey I save it to a discrete file, then cut and
 paste to config.pro.  I don't want the mapkey editor writing to my
 config.pro.
 
 The majority of mapkeys reside in my 'primary' config.pro;
  homedrive\hompath\config.pro.  (I don't have one in \loadpoint\text\.)
  
  I usually set up a 'project specific' config.pro in the project
  root directory with search path statements, non-standard option
  settings and, maybe, nonstandard mapkeys.  I launch Pro/E from
  the project root via Windows Explorer RMB shortcut so this config.pro
  is the last read.
  
  Rarely used mapkeys are kept in their discrete files and loaded manually.
)
 

-Jeff Howard (wf2)
Sure it's true. I saw it on the internet.

RE: Mapkey Storage Preferences

Well, it actually looks in 4 places! You missed the Start In directory on windows machines. We also use a fifth file at startup by running a mapkey on the startup line which loads the program specific settings.

The order is:
<loadpoint>config.sup - values can NOT be changed
<loadpoint>config.pro
$home\config.pro
<Start in>config.pro
Mapkey loaded at startup
 

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